Wheel



(No Model.) F. W. RANDALL.

- WHEEL. No. 270,481. Patented Ja'ILQ, 1883.

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FRANCIS W. RANDALL, OF TEKONSHA, ASSIGNOR TO GEO. W. MILLER AND WILLIAM E. HILL, BOTH OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

WHEEL.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,481, dated January 9, 1883.

Application filed September 19. 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. RANDALL, a citizen of` the United States, residing at Tekonsha, county of Oalhonn, State ot' Michigainhave invented a new and useful Wheel, ot'

which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to constructa wheel for use on such devices as require wheels of light weight.

1o A further object is to construct a wheel especially adapted for use on railway velocipedes.

In the drawings, forming apart of this specification, Figure l is a side view of the wheel;

' r5 Fig. 2, a cross-section interceptiug the axis,

with a portion ot' hub lei't f'ull; Fig. 3, hub in perspective, and Fig. 4 shows an equivalent variation in the construction of' a portion of the hub.

I) shows the rim ot' the wheel, made of light weight. The periphery is here shown provided with a liange, like a car-weeel; but the wheel may be made with any peculiar exterior desired, adapting it lor the especial use intendtd. The hub is made in two parts, with disk or lianged ends B B, Fig. 3. i

S illustratesan axle located through the hubsections. The disks B B are providedwith lugs tt, with which the spokes a a are connected.

3o An equivalent to lugs tt is shown in Figa atj'b j', the saine heilig hooks around the edge ot' the ilange B. On the inner face ot' riin P are perforated lugsc c. The spokes a a are connected with the rim by passing through these lugs, or by other practical means. Said spokes are inade of small rods or wires bent back upon themselves, somewhat like a hair-pin, and provided at the ends with eyes, which are loy cated over lugs t t or their equivalents. If 4o preferred, a single wire may be woven around the wheel between the rim and hub byihook- -ing it over and through the connecting` mea-ns,

similar as at a a', Fig. 4. On the inner face of disks B B are extensions r-one or more on each-Figs. 2 and 3. Said extensions are per- 45 forated, and provided with a bolt, c, and nut, constituting a tension-lock. By turning up the nut on bolt c the hub-sections are revolved slightly in opposite directions, bringing a tight fixed tension on the spoke-wire, and ef- 5o fectually securing the hub in the wheel-rim. It one hub-section is secured to the axle by set-screw, Fig. 2, or byother means, of course only one hub-section would then turn when tightening the bolt o; but the same tension would be produced. Alike tension can be exerted on the spokes by locating bolts from one disk B to another diagonally across the huh, said arrangement not heilig here shown.

To especially adapt the wheel for more prac- 6`o tical use on metal rails ofa rail track or way, I form a recess around the periphery of the wheel-rim, in which is located a rubber hand or tire, c, Fig. 2, said band being allowed to extend a little beyond the outer face ot' the 65 rim. This causes the wheel to run stiller and with less jarring when running over uneven surfaces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 7o Patent, is-

The combination, with the wheel-rim and 4wire spokes, ot the hubsections having the liange'd ends provided with the perforated eX- tensions, and the locking-bolt, substantially as specified and shown.

FRANCIS W'. RANDALL.

liitnesses:

CHARLES RANDALL, GEORGE GARSIDE. 

